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Baroque in Brazil

Okay, so you know how sometimes when you draw pictures with your crayons, you use really fancy and decorative designs to make it look special? That's kind of what baroque is like. It's a style of art and architecture that was popular a long time ago, around 400 years ago.

Now, let's pretend we're in a make-believe land called Brazil. Back in the 1600s, a lot of people in Brazil were Catholic and they wanted to make really beautiful churches to worship in. So, they started building fancy, ornate buildings with lots of curves and decorations. They used lots of bright colors and even put gold on things sometimes!

But the baroque style wasn't just for churches. People also used it for fancy homes and government buildings. It was kind of like a way for them to show off how wealthy and important they were.

So, that's basically what baroque in Brazil means. It's a fancy, decorative style of art and architecture that was used a long time ago to make really beautiful buildings and decorations.
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